Thanks so much for this important article. I'd add that another immediate task (i.e. whenever non-fascists can get back in political power) is to restructure our laws to protect democratic institutions: ex. overturn Citizens United, introduce proportional representation and/or ranked-choice voting, mandate term limits for Supreme Court Justices, rewrite anti-trust laws to be much more sweeping, etc.
Yes, definitely! The immediate problem is that we can't restructure our laws because of, well, Citizens United, gerrymandering, a reactionary Supreme Court, etc. . . . The more long-term problem is that there are too many rich people ( = "elite overproduction" in Turchin's language), so tax the elites so that there are fewer of them.
Thanks so much for this important article. I'd add that another immediate task (i.e. whenever non-fascists can get back in political power) is to restructure our laws to protect democratic institutions: ex. overturn Citizens United, introduce proportional representation and/or ranked-choice voting, mandate term limits for Supreme Court Justices, rewrite anti-trust laws to be much more sweeping, etc.
Yes, definitely! The immediate problem is that we can't restructure our laws because of, well, Citizens United, gerrymandering, a reactionary Supreme Court, etc. . . . The more long-term problem is that there are too many rich people ( = "elite overproduction" in Turchin's language), so tax the elites so that there are fewer of them.